Calf weaner



f f will GEORGE EVEY, OF LISCO, NEBRASKA.

17W lH LAV v .fl werden, Dinie or 5 Nehrefl have invented certain new und usetul Y mroenienis in Culi llleaners; :1nd

no hei ire the following to he u will, clearu u u erntet defi-,icription oi the inventioin sur i es vriil enable otliers skilled in the ert to hich it sippertnins to malte and use the seme.

This invention relates to new und usetul iniigirovements in inou/iles. und prutieularly to murs-les :idupted 'for use ou calves. l5 Une ohject olf the inrrntien is' to provide :i device et this cheructer which will effec` tively,Y prevent the calf from reaching the tents oi' the coiv.

Devices have lbeen provided heretofore which consisted oit i pendent shield carried hy the no e of the colf, und Which Wes disposed in front ot the mouth, but hy proper menipulzition of this shield, the celll Wes able to swing the seme upwardly over the nose, thus leaving the mouth clear to reach the tents o' the cow. The present device contemplates en additional element on the shield which. will et all times lie in t'ront of the mouth. end especially when the mein portion oi the shield is swung` upwardly over the celis nose. thus effectively preventingv the culis mouth reaching the tents.

Other objects and -edvzintages will loe zippzirent from the following description when teken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

ln the drawing:

.Figure l is a perspective view oit the invention in the position normally assume on the nose of the calf. Figure Q, is e perspective vies7 oi the de vice in the position assumed when the caliE maires en attempt to reach the tents.

Figure 3 is e rear elevation oi the device, a portion ofi the auxiliary shield plete hemp' broken eivey to show the mounting thereof.

Referring` particularly to the accompanying drawing, l0 represents e shield 'formed of metal7 Woodj or other suitable material, which is of sufficient thickness to prevent reedv bending, the shield being approxi- 'mately rectangular in outline and having the intermediate portion ot the upper edge forn d 1lvith recess ll, :1nd the transverse inwardly extending; rigid lingers posite sides ol" the Yrecess 'lier en the nostrils' oi' the culi. The depend from the celiis nose., in Afront oi' the mouth, hut may he moved up'.vurell'j:7 oy contact vrith the ground. to permit the eelt to graze, hut to prei/ent me colt7 mouth resching` the tents of the coiv, in its zrtteinpt to nurse, thus rendering it easy 'to wenn the culi. lilith this shield, it has been found that the cell con throw up its head swing;- inpthe shield ui'm'zrrdly. und lheu press the shield rilegeinst the con'. with the result that it may have easy access to the 'te-rits. This action is effectively prevented by the uddition oil the guard plate 13.

Secured to the inner ieee of the lo ver portion or' the shield l0 erethe vertical Wire members 14C, each having its ends turned laterally. in opposite directions, es shown et 15, K(ind zin intermediate outwardly extending` loop 1G which is received in n opening- 17 formed in the upper enge portion of one end 01": the guard plete i8. rlhis plate 13 normally depends from the loops loi in reer of the shield 10, and when the calf has succeeded in raising` the shield l0 from in iront of the moutln this shield plete .vill h eng down in iront of the czil'fs mouth, thus et fectively preventing` the mouth reachingthe tests. 4

llhe parts ere simple in construction and Will not injure the cult or. the coiv, when properly Worn, hut will he effective in weoning' the eelt.

What is claimed is:

l, A calf-Weaner including e nose curried shield for pendent'position in iront of e celfs mouth5 end an additions-l pendent guard movehly mounted on the rear of the shield and arranged to lie in trent of the cellfs mouth at all times.

2. A calf Weaner including e shield Ylior pendent support on e cel'ls n se 'forwardly of the mouth ot' the Celi and capable of movement upnf'erdly away from the enimels mouth, loops carried by the lower portion of the rear fece ot the shield, and en auxiliary guard plate movahly supported by seid loops in pendent position rearwardly of the shield end arranged to swing into ldownwa-l'dly pendent position when the at all times and in all positions of the shield .'plate. 10 n shield is swung upwardly v 3. A calf weaner including; a shield plate In testimony whereof, I affix my signaormed for suspension on the calins nose and ture, n the presence of. two witnesses. n front of the mouth, and a second guard GEORGE E. EVEY. plate pvotally suspended on the lower porp Witnesses: tion of the rear of the shield plate and G. EAWILLIAM, adapted. to lie in front of the calfs mouth R. C. CARY. 

